Play-pipe for firemen&#39;s hose.



No. 655,l42.

Patented luly3l, I900. E. A. WHITAKER. PLAY PIPE FOB FIBEMENS HOSE.

(Application filed ma 1, 1899.)

(No Model.)

0am /Z/ I NITED STATES PATENT OFFIC EDGAR A. WHITAKER, OF PROVIDENCE, RHODE ISLAND, ASSIGNOR TO CHARLES N. RICHARDSON, OF SAME PLACE.

PLAY=PlPE FORFIREMENS HOSE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 655,142, dated July 31, 1900.

Application fileclMay 1, 1899. Serial No- '7l5,236. (No modeh) To all whom it may concern:

' Be it known that I, EDGAR A. WHITAKER, a citizen of the United States, residing at Providence, in the State of Rhode Island, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Play-Pipes for Firemens Hose, of which the following is a specification.

My invention consists in the combination, with the play-pipe, of an extensible bar adapted to form a support for the play-pipe and also in the combination, with the play-pipe, of transverse handles connected by a longitudinally-directed bar, also adapted to form a handle, as hereinafter fully set forth.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 represents a side elevation of a play-pipe provided with my improvement. Fig. 2 represents a forward end View. Fig. 3 represents a longitudinal section. Fig. 4 represents a transverse section taken in the line 4 4 of Fig. 3. the hook-bar extended.

In the drawings, A represents the cylindrical barrel of the play-pipe, and B the tapering nozzle, which is removably attached to the barrel by means'of the screw-thread a.

In the bore of the barrel A are placed the cross-partitions b b, which serve to prevent the twisting action of the water in its passage through the barrel, thus providing for the projection of a solid stream to a great distance from the end of the nozzle. posite ends of the barrel A are placed the duplicate handles 0 C, which are connected centrally and supported by means of the rod D, which also serves for a convenient handle for the firemen in directing the stream from the nozzle. The barrel A is provided at one side with the projecting lugs E F, which are adapted to hold the sliding hook-bar G, the

said bar being adapted for engagement with the rounds of a ladder or other similar support for the play-pipe, whereby the fireman will be relieved from the strain required for holding the pipe and its connected hose. The lug E provides a socket c, adapted to receive the upper end of the bar G and the base of the Fig. 5 represents a side view with At the opend of the barrel is provided with the swivelring I, having the internal screw-thread g, by means of which the hose may be readily cou pled to the play-pipe for use. The bar G is provided at its lower end with a hook e, adapted for engagement with the rounds of a ladder or other object and with the spur f, adapted for the penetration of a suitable surface to hold the pipe against the reaction developed by the escaping stream.

I claim as my invention- 1. The combination of the tapering nozzle B, and the barrel A, with the handles 0, O, at opposite ends of the barrel, and the connecting-rod D for supporting the handles, substantially as described.

2. The combination of the nozzle B, and the barrel A, provided at its side with the socket-lug E and the guiding-lug F, with the sliding bar G provided with the hooks d and e, and the spur f, and the spring-catch H arranged at the guiding-lug F for looking the bar G, substantially as described.

3. The combination'of the nozzle B, and the barrel A, provided at one side with the socket-lug E, and the guiding-lug F, the handles O, O, and the connecting-rod D for supporting the handles,iwith the sliding hookbar G, provided with the spur f,'and the spring-catch H arranged at the guiding-lug F, for locking the bar G, substantially asdescribed.

EDGAR A. WHITAKER.

Witnesses:

SOCRATES SOHOLFIELD, JAMES THOMSON, Jr. 

